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Car’s year, sponsor takes forefront of Earnhardt trialBy Jeremy ShieldsSpecial to The GazetteSHELBY — A Boiling Springs man accusing Dale Earnhardt Inc. of cutting him out of contracted business deals produced e-mails to prove his case Wednesday in Cleveland County court.Gray London and his company, Driver on a Mission, filed suit against DEI for breaching a 1999 contract in the summer of 2000 over a deal to settle up on a 28-year-old business arrangement.Joe Hedrick, DEI’s vice president of licensing, e-mailed racing souvenir maker Action Performance, instructing them not to contact Gray London on the production of collectible race cars.Under the 1999 contract, Action Performance was to produce three replica race cars, one of which was used by the late Earnhardt in his first win on an asphalt track.Production of that car, a 1965 Chevclle bearing the No. 8, was made incorrectly, London says. The car was produced and marketed as a 1964 model Chevelle.The 1965 car also carries the name of a sponsor, another fact disputed by London and his attorneys. London claims when Earnhardt won his first NASCAR race on asphalt on July 19, 1974, at Metrolina Speedway in Charlotte, his 1965 Chevelle was not sponsored and carried the name of London’s sandwich company, Dainty Made.►See Trial/Page 4B
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The Gaston Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Thu, Mar 14, 2002
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